Advanced Features

ALLOW by schedule, otherwise Block

Note:

Any outbound traffic which is not blocked by rules you create will be allowed by the Default rule.

ALLOW rules are only useful if the traffic is already covered by a BLOCK rule. (That is, you wish to allow a subset of traffic which is currently blocked by another rule.)

To define the Schedule used in these selections, use the "Schedule" screen.

LAN Users

Select the desired option to determine which PCs are covered by this

 

rule:

 

Any - All PCs are covered by this rule.

 

Single PC - Only the selected PC is covered by this rule.

 

If selected, you must select the PC.

 

PC - If using Single PC above, select the PC or Server on your LAN

 

which will be covered by this rule.

 

 

WAN Users

These settings determine which packets are covered by the rule, based

 

on their source (WAN) IP address. Select the desired option:

 

Any - All IP addresses are covered by this rule.

 

Single address - Enter the required address in the "Single/Start"

 

fields.

 

Address range - If this option is selected, you must enter the "Start"

 

and "Finish" fields.

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Services

Services are used when creating Firewall Rules.

If you wish to create a firewall rule, but the required service is not listed in the "Service" list, you can use this feature to define the required service or services. Once created, these services will be listed in the "Service" list, and can be used when creating Firewall Rules.

Figure 38: Services Screen

Data - Services Screen

Log

This determines whether packets covered by this rule are logged. Select

 

the desired action.

 

Always - always log traffic considered by this rule, whether it

 

matches or not. (This is useful when debugging your rules.)

 

Never - never log traffic considered by this rule, whether it matches

 

or not.

 

Match - Log traffic only it matches this rule. (The action is deter-

 

mined by this rule.)

 

Not Match - Log traffic which is considered by this rule, but does

 

not match (The action is NOT determined by this rule.)

Services

Existing Services

Add

Edit

Delete

This lists any Services you have defined. If you have not defined any Services, this list will be empty.

Once you define some services, they will be listed here, and also shown in the Service list used to create Firewall rules. (User-defined services are at the end of the list, after the pre-defined services.)

Use this to open a sub-screen where you can add a new service.

To modify a service, select it, and then click this button.

Use this button to delete the selected service. You can delete any services you have defined.

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BRM504 specifications

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